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The next few days are going to be a bit of a roller-coaster ride in terms of local temperature and precipitation. As I type this, it's -26ºC and it's going to see-saw between there and up to +3ºC over the next week. Snow, maybe rain, too. Yes, I'm bundling up for my morning walk before work.

I had to get a wax build-up in my left ear cleared out last night. That got me out of the house for a bit in a way that wasn't visitation-related.

Another year around Sol over and done for me.

More later.
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I didn't go out for anything after work last night. Weather was too messy.

Maybe tonight?
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We're expecting rain later today and tonight. Good thing that I've got therapy/community commitments that will keep me in the house after work.
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I'm hoping to see my GP tonight about that issue at long last.

Also, maybe three to five other concerns of note and substance? Maybe?

If the weather allows, and the doctor doesn't cancel because of the weather?
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It's a mess out there this morning in Ottawa-Gatineau. It's not that much snow is on the ground. It's that there's enough being flung around at high enough speed to make walking problematic because of visibility.

Bleh.

Getting ready for day-job work here as I type this entry. More later, I hope.
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We had a proper snowfall overnight in Ottawa-Gatineau starting yesterday around 4 PM local time.

Whether it's going to stay that way so as to allow skating on the Rideau Canal during Winterlude this year is still uncertain.
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1. Thwaites' Glacier is no more.

2. I'm not living in any of the affected houses. I've learned from my circles of family and friends, though, that basement window wells are...problematic as well during such rainfall.

3. Another side effect of recent rainfall here. One of the buildings affected houses a past employer of mine. I want to check in with them on Monday morning out of concern.

4. And yeah, we may have voted badly last year.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/residents-councillors-flash-flood-1.6933278
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Not my neighbourhood. Friends live there, so I've been worrying a bit for them.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/tornado-ottawa-barrhaven-july-13-1.6905782
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Second one in three hours as of minutes ago.

Yes, I'm hiding in the basement.

More as it develops.
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Checking the job boards this morning. The heat wave currently underway here in Ottawa-Gatineau provides a certain amount of encouragement to stay in the basement, doing such work.

More later...
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Well, we're coping with wildfire smoke coming into Ottawa-Gatineau from the west and north of us at the moment. Air quality statement is in effect.

Yeah, this is going to be "fun" for a while. I am already masking up for my morning walks because I usually pick up newspapers and groceries towards the end of them, and this is one more reason to keep masking.

More later.
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I'm e-mailing out resumés and checking job boards again. Networking, too. Yes, attending to this account is something I include in my job search diary under "Networking/Research/Promotion". Yes, I have to maintain a job search diary. It may be the law re: (un)employment insurance, but it's also become a good idea in itself in order to maintain some degree of self-discipline or self-regulation.

The weather today is good cause as well to stick close to my desk in the basement. Freezing rain, thunder and lightning...and I don't envy anyone who has to be outside for any reason today in Ottawa and Gatineau. Tomorrow, Environment Canada tells me, will be somewhat better. I don't expect to be in much need of cleats by the time I go out for whatever the day's travels have to be.
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I finally drew things again tonight after supper. It's been weeks-to-months since I did that, either pencil/ink on paper or digitally. I need to get back to that. More often, more regularly.

The cold snap is over. Now we'll be back to bouncing back and forth across the freezing point.
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Brrr.

We have snow squall and extreme cold warnings in effect tonight and tomorrow in Ottawa-Gatineau.

Yes, I'm hunkering down in the basement, and my household-partners have lit up the fireplace for tonight.

More on other things later.
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This morning, we had snow. Now, it's looking like drizzle.

Not looking forward to tomorrow on that basis.
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Travelling through this on foot and on public transit will not be fun.

I still have chores to do later this morning and afternoon, though.
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We're getting the above-freezing rain here in Ottawa-Gatineau first.

The flash-freeze comes tonight.

Just so we're clear.

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